10. King Tut’s Curse

In November 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen, but 2 months later, the sponsor of the expedition died of a bacterial infection caused by a mosquito bite. The press took this opportunity to blame the curse of King Tut. A scientist, name Herbert Winlock, mentioned that the deaths were to be statistically expected. Of the 22 people that were on the expedition, only 6 had died in the end. So, King Tut’s curse was merely an invention of the media.